Two Arrested for Splashing Paint on Columbus Artwork in Spain

Activists at Madrid’s Museo Naval called for an end to the “glorification of colonization and genocides, both historical and current.”

Two Arrested for Splashing Paint on Columbus Artwork in Spain
Activists splashed red paint across José Garnelo's “Primeros homenajes del Nuevo Mundo a Colón” (1892) at the entrance of the Museo Naval in Madrid. (photo courtesy Futuro Vegetal)